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Ichiro Suzuki Retiring,

Spurring Suggestions

Of Big 2025 Induction

He Would Be Japan's First Hall-Of-Famer
Ichiro Suzuki announcing his retirement at the end of last night's game at the Tokyo Dome, (13 hours behind Daylight Saving Time in Cooperstown)

COOPERSTOWN – If Dominicans have bolstered Hall of Fame Induction crowds in recent years, a similar boost may occur in 2025 from the other side of the globe.

After a 5-4 win over the Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariner Ichiro Suzuki today announced he's retiring, setting off predictions that after Mariano Rivera, a member of the Hall's Class of 1919, the 45-year-old from Japan will be the Baseball Writers of America's second unanimous pick for Induction into Cooperstown's Hall of Plaques.

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